Ratings: NBC’s Golden Globes Tackled By Fox Football – For Now

The one percent rise in early ratings the Golden Globes grabbed on Sunday wasn’t enough to help NBC take home Best Network for the night. No, that award went to Fox, with a little help from an NFL overrun — for now, at least.

As we previously reported, the Golden Globes grew from a 13.3 rating household TV rating in 2017 to a 13.4 for this year’s show, according to Nielsen’s earliest-available TV ratings. While Fox just surpassed it in the later fast-affiliate ratings — thanks to the end of its playoffs showdown between the Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints — due to the nature of live television, numbers for both the Globes and the game should be considered subject to change.

Accurate time zone-adjusted fast-official ratings are expected later today.

For now, Fox was first in ratings with a 4.2 rating/14 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and second in total viewers with an average of 12.7 million, according to preliminary numbers. At 7, an NFL overrun posted a 8.6/29 and 28.3 million viewers. At 7:30, the rest of the overrun, combined with the beginning of the network’s postgame show took an 8.5/28 and 28.1 million viewers. At 8, the back half of the show and the start of “The Simpsons” had a 3.4/11 and 9.1 million viewers. At 8:30, the end of sitcom and the start of “Ghosted” combined for a 1.8/6 and 4.3 million viewers. At 9, the back half of “Ghosted” and the beginning of “Family Guy” took a 1.6/5 and 3.5 million viewers. At 9:30, the end of “Family Guy” and the start of “The Last Man on Earth” settled for a 1.1/4 and 2.7 million viewers.

NBC was second in ratings with a 3.7/13 and first in viewers with 14.5 million. At 7, the “2018 Golden Globe Arrivals Special” hit a 2.2/7 and 10 million viewers. Stayed tuned to TheWrap for final Globes numbers.

ABC was third in ratings with a 1.2/4 and fourth in viewers with 4.8 million. Following a repeat, at 8 “America’s Funniest Home Videos” took a 1.4/4 and 6 million viewers. At 9, “Shark Tank” got a 1.3/4 and 4.7 million viewers. At 10, a second episode of “Shark Tank” managed a 1.1/4 and 3.8 million viewers.

CBS was fourth in ratings with a 0.8/3 and third in viewers with 6.9 million. At 7, “60 Minutes” settled for a 0.8/3 and 7.8 million viewers. At 8, “Wisdom of the Crowd” had a 0.7/2 and 5.8 million viewers. At 9, “NCIS: LA” got a 0.9/3 and 7.8 million viewers. At 10, “Madam Secretary” managed a 0.6/2 and 6.1 million viewers.

Telemundo was fifth in ratings with a 0.4/1 and in viewers with 1.1 million.

Univision was sixth in ratings with a 0.3/1 and in viewers with 785,000.

The CW does not broadcast nationally on Sundays.

Golden Globes: Best and Worst Moments of the 2018 Ceremony (Photos)

Just as not every actor, TV series and movie could take home a trophy from Sunday night's Golden Globes awards, not every moment at this year's ceremony could be a winner.

BEST:Seth Meyers' opening monologue. While Meyers was expected to address the sexual-misconduct scandal and subsequent backlash during the opener to this year's ceremony, he was especially cutting with his zingers, welcoming the audience with, "Good evening, ladies and remaining gentlemen" and declaring, "Time to address the elephant not in the room: Harvey Weinstein isn’t in the room … he’ll be back in 20 years when he’s the first person booed in the in memoriam.”

WORST: Winona Ryder's head-scratching L'Oreal commercial. While not officially part of the ceremony, Ryder's ad -- which started out as empowering message before morphing into a commercial about how anything can be salvaged, including bad hair -- worked many viewers into a lather, judging by the reaction on social media.

BEST: Carol Burnett's turn as a presenter. Appearing onstage to a standing ovation with Jennifer Aniston, comedy legend Burnett proved that she still has her chops, telling Aniston that she's "happy that you're coming back to television, because 'Will and Grace' was one of my favorite shows" and chiding Aniston as "kinky" for wanting to pull Burnett's ear -- a signature move of Burnett's on her classic sketch-comedy show.

WORST: Kelly Clarkson and Keith Urban dueting the line, "And the Golden Globe goes to ..." while presenting for Best Original Song struck a bum note for some viewers, not least of all in TheWrap newsroom.

BEST: James Franco inviting "The Room" filmmaker Tommy Wiseau onstage while accepting his award for "The Disaster Artist," which is based on Wiseau's cult curiosity.

WORST: Franco not letting Wiseau speak onstage, even though Wiseau made a grab for Franco's microphone and everything.

BEST: The marathon tribute to Oprah Winfrey, who received the Cecil B. DeMille Award -- at least if you needed a bathroom break halfway through the show and haven't been particularly regular lately.

BEST: While also lengthy, Winfrey's acceptance speech put the "O" in "standing O."

WORST: Alexander Skarsgard, who won Best Supporting Actor -- TV Award, and neglected to address the abuse epidemic in Hollywood during his acceptance speech, despite playing an abuser on "Big Little Lies."

BEST: Natalie Portman's sassy call-out of gender inequality in the entertainment industry. Presenting for Best Director along with Ron Howard, Portman announced, "And here are the all-male nominees." (Runner-up: The award's winner, Guillermo del Toro, who said that he was "hoping to wipe my nose with this" after pulling out his acceptance speech, and refused to be played off, saying, "Lower the music ... it's taken me 25 years, give me a minute.")

BEST: Frances McDormand slipping one past the censors with her description of her "shite" baseball-throwing skills, then seeming to throw them into a bout of unnecessary button-hitting with the phrases "tectonic shift" and "Fox Searchlight."

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From Winona Ryder’s WTF L’Oreal commercial to three tons of Oprah worship and Frances McDormand confusing the censors, the stunners and the clunkers of this year’s ceremony

Just as not every actor, TV series and movie could take home a trophy from Sunday night's Golden Globes awards, not every moment at this year's ceremony could be a winner.